To hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.
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Examples for "stop "
Examples for "stop "
1 May I suggest the responsible authorities take measures to stop this problem?
2 The source said the aim was to stop weapons arriving by sea.
3 But perhaps market forces can stop crimes that law enforcement officials cannot.
4 I think we need legislation protecting good faith efforts to stop spam.
5 Toyota said there would be no need to stop production in Europe.
1 Yes, that really was his only break in the case thus far.
2 Popular films did, however, break into the best picture race last year.
3 Superb police work, chief: When you friend suggest you break the law.
4 NK: Today we have not heard any reports of diseases break out.
5 Mr Bell said health interventions could break the addiction and crime cycle.
1 However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
2 If travelling today, remember to check the current weather & road conditions.
3 It said work is under way to check generators and power lines.
4 Power Age communities have grown far beyond the check of individual experience.
5 U.S. jobs data kept the U.S. stock market move in check , however.
1 His 17 months of house arrest has worsened his health, he said.
2 However, the suspects in the case managed to evade arrest , Koena said.
3 But a government spokesman said on Thursday Nasheed no longer faced arrest .
4 Today: London High Court hearing into the arrest of Gen Pinochet resumes.
5 Burma's junta leader later commuted the sentence to 18 months' house arrest .
1 However, it did contain proposals covering 10 aspects of Dublin's transport crisis.
2 The Irish Times debate: Should an EU treaty contain a social dimension?
3 As a result, Whois entries may soon contain a lot less information.
4 The files he held in his hand simply didn't contain enough information.
5 The narrator wonders: does language contain history the way plvwood contains flight?
1 Environment groups welcomed the decision of states to hold back their approval.
2 She wanted to hold back , afraid to allow such vulnerability in herself.
3 Hoffa said the union was not trying to hold back technological advancements.
4 Utterly lost in the moment, the chief engineer continued to hold back .
5 A video posted on Twitter shows police attempting to hold back demonstrators.
Go back to a previous state.
To rotate [a container] so that its opening be below; to turn upside down.
Другие значения термина "turn back" 1 But he was too far out to sea now to turn back .
2 There came no new disaster followed by an order to turn back .
3 She'd meant to turn back , find him, ask if she could help.
4 Romney came into the debate under strong pressure to turn back Gingrich.
5 Wasn't it more absurd to fail, to turn back , than to continue?
6 This is the last moment I will be able to turn back .
7 I skipped ahead and would not turn back to talk to him.
8 And having thought it, found it almost impossible not to turn back .
9 Posted signs warn us to turn back - that we 're entering a restricted area.
10 I am almost halfway across the bridge, too far to turn back .
11 And I don't think there's a way for us to turn back .
12 But in a rare moment of prudence, we decided to turn back .
13 But when I refused to immediately turn back and land, they knew.
14 Once on that course, it would not and could not turn back .
15 But he had to turn back when he saw what had happened.
16 I sure couldn't turn back , now, and go hunting for the camp.
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